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Copyright Reform for Growth and Jobs

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The Lisbon Council has released a report which gives an overview of the current context of copyright in Europe.

Copyright Reform for Growth and Jobs
By Ian Hargreaves and Bernt Hugenholtz

(Brussels, BELGIUM) -- Today, the Lisbon Council launches a new policy brief,Copyright Reform for Growth and Jobs: Modernising the European Copyright Framework.

Written by Ian Hargreaves, professor of digital economy, University of Cardiff; author,Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth ("the Hargreaves report") and senior fellow at the Lisbon Council; and Bernt Hugenholtz, professor of intellectual property law and director of the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam and academic adviser to the Lisbon Council.